The Chicago Tribune Baghdad regime’s raid on anti-Tehran group’s camp ignites protests WASHINGTON – — The Obama administration downplayed international fears over the safety of Iranian dissidents living at an exile camp in Iraq as recently as mid-July, days before a raid by Iraqi security forces killed 11 of the exiles and left scores wounded….
Category: July 2009 Attack
The Attack at Camp Ashraf
ABC News Across the street from the White House for the last 16 days sit Iranians on a hunger strike, demanding justice for the victims of the attack onCampAshraf inIraq – an incident few Americans know anything about. Today Amnesty International called upon Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to investigate those attacks. So what’s the issue?…
Refugees’ plea to US forces in Iraq: protect us
The Christian Science Monitor Human rights lawyers say the US should intervene to safeguard the Iranians at Camp Ashraf, which was raided by Iraqi security forces July 28. Washington – Human rights lawyers for a group of Iranian refugees living in Iraq who appear to have been brutally beaten by Iraqi security forces last month…
Iranian dissidents in Iraq deserve our protection
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR While in Iraq with the Indiana National Guard’s 76th Brigade, one of the safest areas for us to travel was Ashraf. This is the home of many Iranian dissidents who opposed Ayatollah Khomeini’s takeover in 1979. I am disturbed to hear that the Iraqi government has raided the village of Ashraf, reportedly…
Campaigners urge protection for Iranian dissidents in Iraq
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE GENEVA— Human rights campaigners and an Iranian opposition group on Wednesday called on the international community to ensure the protection of Iranian dissidents inIraq. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the vice president of a UN human rights body said they feared that at least 35 people arrested during a security…